The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

This is disappointing

Doctor Who Blu-ray short films to be 'rested', producer confirms / Radio Times

"It's become a tradition that the release of classic Doctor Who seasons on Blu-ray is accompanied by an extended 'trailer' – a short film / mini-episode that will often see a companion actor reprise their classic role for a new adventure.

The latest example – Leela vs the Time War – was released to promote Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 15 and saw Louise Jameson play an older, battle-ravaged version of the Fourth Doctor's companion. It has proven to be the most popular short yet, being viewed more than 700,000 times on YouTube.

However, Pete McTighe – writer and executive producer on the films – has revealed that the popular releases are "going to have to have a bit of a rest".

Speaking at a BFI Southbank screening of Horror of Fang Rock held to mark the release of The Collection: Season 15, McTighe explained that crafting the shorts is "a lot of work", particularly producing something as ambitious as Leela vs the Time War.

"We've kind of got half of one [film] in the can that we did 18 months ago, and there's more coming up," he said. "[But] we are reaching the point where we're going to have to have a breather from those trailers for a while, because they're a lot of work.

"We kind of get to the point where it's... where do we go from that? So we're going to have to have a bit of a rest soon."

McTighe explained that, in some instances, a more traditional clips package might instead be used to promote the Collection boxsets.

Previous shorts have included Defenders of Earth starring Katy Manning as Jo Jones, The Passenger featuring Janet Fielding as Tegan and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, and The Promise starring Sophie Aldred as Ace.

Despite its impressive visual effects, McTighe insisted that newest effort Leela vs the Time War was still made with a limited budget, to a strict schedule and with a "tiny crew" of "way less than 10 people".

"It didn't [have a big budget] – they're literally made for 20 quid and a ham sandwich!" he joked. "We had about three or four hours [to film].""

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

This is disappointing

Doctor Who Blu-ray short films to be 'rested', producer confirms / Radio Times

"It's become a tradition that the release of classic Doctor Who seasons on Blu-ray is accompanied by an extended 'trailer' – a short film / mini-episode that will often see a companion actor reprise their classic role for a new adventure.

The latest example – Leela vs the Time War – was released to promote Doctor Who - The Collection: Season 15 and saw Louise Jameson play an older, battle-ravaged version of the Fourth Doctor's companion. It has proven to be the most popular short yet, being viewed more than 700,000 times on YouTube.

However, Pete McTighe – writer and executive producer on the films – has revealed that the popular releases are "going to have to have a bit of a rest".

Speaking at a BFI Southbank screening of Horror of Fang Rock held to mark the release of The Collection: Season 15, McTighe explained that crafting the shorts is "a lot of work", particularly producing something as ambitious as Leela vs the Time War.

"We've kind of got half of one [film] in the can that we did 18 months ago, and there's more coming up," he said. "[But] we are reaching the point where we're going to have to have a breather from those trailers for a while, because they're a lot of work.

"We kind of get to the point where it's... where do we go from that? So we're going to have to have a bit of a rest soon."

McTighe explained that, in some instances, a more traditional clips package might instead be used to promote the Collection boxsets.

Previous shorts have included Defenders of Earth starring Katy Manning as Jo Jones, The Passenger featuring Janet Fielding as Tegan and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, and The Promise starring Sophie Aldred as Ace.

Despite its impressive visual effects, McTighe insisted that newest effort Leela vs the Time War was still made with a limited budget, to a strict schedule and with a "tiny crew" of "way less than 10 people".

"It didn't [have a big budget] – they're literally made for 20 quid and a ham sandwich!" he joked. "We had about three or four hours [to film].""

As i pointed out to someone else. McTighe contradicts himself. There's one more already filmed with the FX work needing doing and more coming up.

There's only eleven seasons to go and the early seasons won't have many surviving cast members left to actually do anything like film new trailers. Only Susan, Polly, Jamie and Zoe from the first seven years of the show.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

There's only eleven seasons to go and the early seasons won't have many surviving cast members left to actually do anything like film new trailers. Only Susan, Polly, Jamie and Zoe from the first seven years of the show.

There is also Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) and Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) who are still with us... not forgetting William Russell (who I'm sure most fans would love to see in front of the 'Doctor Who' camera again)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

There is also Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) and Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) who are still with us... not forgetting William Russell (who I'm sure most fans would love to see in front of the 'Doctor Who' camera again)

I didn't include Vicki because she's already done a trailer episode. Purves is more than likely to be not needed seeing as season 3 is probably the last one to ever get a Bluray release seeing as so much of it is missing.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1403a / Nu-Who #462a

Name: Asiatu Koroma [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Kitty

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Hollyoaks (2015)

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Krypton: House Of Zod (2018)

Who: Before And After #1403b / Nu-Who #462b

Name: Peter Singh [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Pie-Man

Note(s): Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Tenth Doctor Adventures' audio adventure 'No Place'

Before Who:
Films: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), Hamlet [as Guildenstern (2015)
Television: The Syndicate [2 episodes as a Journalist (2012)] / BBC Comedy Feeds: C-Bomb (2013) / Count Arthur Strong: Arthur.Com (2013) / Hollyoaks Later [2 episodes as Abdel Dris (2013)] / Doctors [2 episodes, different characters (2013–2016)] / Gigglebiz [20 episodes, various characters (2013–2019)] / In the Club [5 episodes as Dr. Inman (2014–2016)] / Capital* (2015) / Coronation Street [11 episodes as Matthew Singh (2015–2017)] / Lucky Man [2 episodes as DC Clark (2016)] / Catastrophe (2017)

After Who:
Films: Hampstead (2017), Murder on the Blackpool Express (2017), Christopher Robin (2018), Blue Iguana (2018), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), Mari (2018), The Flood (2019), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019), Cruella (2021), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2022)
Television: Three Girls [3 episodes as Mr. Nadim (2017)] / Coconut [3 episodes as Tommy (2017)] / Motherland [3 episodes as Andrew (2017–2019)] / Sick Note: Constable Polly (2018) / Night Zookeeper: The Night Zoo [voice only] (2019) / The Capture [8 episodes as DI Phillips (2019–2022)] / Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish (2022) / Hard Cell [6 episodes as Gary (2022)]

Who: Before And After #1403c / Nu-Who #462c

Name: Austin Taylor [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Spider

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: Doc Martin: Education, Education, Education (2015)

After Who:
Films: My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Television: Quacks: The Duke's Tracheotomy (2017) / Hetty Feather: Truth (2018)

Who: Before And After #1403d / Nu-Who #462d

Name: Ellie Shenker [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Dot

Before Who:
Films: Brimstone (2016)
Television: None

After Who:
Films: Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (2019)
Television: Doctors [2 episodes as Holly Ashbury (2018)] / A Discovery of Witches (2018)

Who: Before And After #1403e / Nu-Who #462e

Name: Kishaina Thiruselvan [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Harriet

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: None
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A poster for a San Francisco drive-in showcasing Night of the Living Dead, Gidrah the 3 Headed Monster and Dr. Who and the Daleks.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

A poster for a San Francisco drive-in showcasing Night of the Living Dead, Gidrah the 3 Headed Monster and Dr. Who and the Daleks.

At least one of these films would have been a shock to little Chuck and Britney when mommy and daddy took them to the cinema for a Saturday night treat in 1969 !

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A production artwork of London for Face the Raven (2015)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1404a / Nu-Who #463a

Name: Tomi May [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Dowell

Before Who:
Films: The Seasoning House (2012), The Liability (2012), Plastic Gangsters (2012), The Sweeter Side of Life (2013), Mea culpa (2014), A Dark Reflection (2015), High Strung (2016), Untitled (A Film) (2017)
Television: Doctors: Parts And Fitters (2011) / White Heat: The Personal Is Political (2012) / Line of Duty [19 episodes as Miroslav Minkowicz (2012–2019)] / Jo: Place De La Concorde (2013) / The Job Lot (2013) / Toast of London: Vanity Project (2013) / Sherlock: The Empty Hearse (2014) / Hollyoaks (2014) / All at Sea: Halloween (2014) / Babylon: Bomb Threat (2014) / The Interceptor (2015) / The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret [3 episodes as Skinhead Helms (2016)] / Coronation Street (2016) / Moving On: Eighteen (2016) / Drunk History – UK [2 episodes as a German soldier (2016–2017)]

After Who:
Films: The Saint (2017), Justice League (2017), The Bromley Boys (2018), 2:Hrs (2018), Open 24 Hours (2018), Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance (2023), Gassed Up (2023)
Television: EastEnders (2017) / Doctor Foster - A Woman Scorned (2017) / Jamestown (2018) / Save Me (2018) / Emmerdale Farm [2 episodes as Mikey (2018)] / Vikings* [3 episodes as Jarl Olavsonn (2018)] / Silent Witness: To Brighton, To Brighton (2019) / Killing Eve: You're Mine (2019) / Strike Back: Vendetta (2020) / The Trouble with Maggie Cole [5 episodes as Emil Dubiki (2020)] / Stephen (2021) / Hitmen: Impersonation (2021) / The Lazarus Project (2022) / The Man Who Fell to Earth [2 episodes as Aaron Bismarck (2022)] / Headhunters [4 episodes as Dave Ryan (2022)] / Halo: Sanctuary (2024)

Who: Before And After #1404b / Nu-Who #463b

Name: Badger Skelton [? - ]
Year(s): 2017
Stories: Thin Ice
Character(s): Perry

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Secret Agent (2016) / This Country [3 episodes as Levi Johnson (2017)]

After Who:
Films: Two for Joy (2018), LOVE (2018), Original Gangster (2020), April (2021)
Television: EastEnders (2021) / The Larkins: The Larkins At Christmas (2021) / Call the Midwife (2022) / Doctors: Lifecycle (2022) / The Last Bus (2022) / Grantchester (2023)

[iank]

The first Virgin Missing Adventure from 1994, Goth Opera, a vampire story by Paul Cornell, is being turned into a Big Finish audio with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton. It was a very good book.

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-g...20Adaptations!